Definition of Postpones

1. Verb. (third-person singular of postpone) ¹

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Definition of Postpones

1. postpone [v] - See also: postpone

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Literary usage of Postpones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"British government postpones full revision . . . 214 11. Partial revision : convention signed Oct. 23, 1869 . . 215 12. Summary of provisions of convention ..."

2. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine, Rafter (1872)
"... of the party of the Count d'Artois, and of the Clergy—Louis XVIII. postpones the aid of religion—It is determined to have recourse to Madame du ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"... postpones a motion on the affairs of Italy, of which hehad given notice — Remarks made on the occasion by Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald and Lord John Russell ..."

4. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"... The Provisional Government postpones all Discussion as to the Political Future of Lombardy. March 22, 1848 l GOVERNO PROVVISORIO Finché dura la lotta ..."

5. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"... The Provisional Government postpones all Discussion as to the Political Future of Lombardy. ... postpones ..."

6. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"... The Provisional Government postpones all Discussion as to the Political Future of Lombardy. March 22, 1848 l GOVERNO PROVVISORIO Finchè dura la lotta ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"The United States postpones payment of this debt until we can pay it at par in coin, either by the sale of bonds or by the resumption of specie payments, ..."

8. Course of the History of Modern Philosophy by Victor Cousin, Orlando Williams Wight (1856)
"Its merit: be postpones and places last the question of the truth or falsity of ideas ; its fault: he entirely neglects the question of the actual ..."

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